1. Plan to spend a certain amount of time on social media.
2. BEGIN TO DO IT
3. Stick to that plan--both in STARTING that time and ENDING your time.

Honestly, the two most difficult times--for me--on social media is...
1. Starting to do it
2. Stopping

It becomes addictive, because so many things come at you so quickly. So many people respond to you; it's difficult to manage.

Here is what I've learned during the past few weeks. Plan on spending time on social media, knowing exactly what you want to do on it. Then be strict with yourself about when to stop. Otherwise, you will look at the clock, and it will be a LOT LATER than you expected it to be.

I find that the more I go over my "budgeted time," the less productive I am on it, but you need to spend SOME time. Just like in "real life," if you don't find ways to meet people, people won't find you, and that's just BAD BUSINESS.

Just know when you're no longer doing business, and stop pretending that you are.

Lesson Learned: Budgeted Time on Social Media = Productivity on Social Media

(Alternate Lesson: Non-budgeted time almost always means Non-productive time, especially on social media.)

Don't go under or over your budget! At least make a budget to check yourself. (We'll NEVER be perfect here.)

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